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First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Sector Update: Healthcare

Healthcare stocks are narrowly lower, with the NYSE Healthcare Sector Index dropping about 0.2% and shares of healthcare companies in the S&P 500 sliding around 0.1% as a group.In company news, Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. ( ARNA ), Orexigen Therapeutics ... [Published Nasdaq - 5 hours ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

Obesity Gets Some Respect (ARNA) (VVUS) (OREX)

Shares of obesity drug makers Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ARNA), VIVUS (NASDAQ: VVUS) and Orexigen (NASDAQ: OREX) are higher Wednesday after the American Medical Association officially recognized obesity as a disease."Recognizing obesity as a disease ... [Published Street Insider - 6 hours ago]
Entities: Obesity, Qsymia, Vivus Inc
First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

A Recent History of Legal Weight Loss Drugs

Like finding a cure for hair loss or the secret to female pleasure, one of the holy grails of the pharmaceutical industry is inventing a pill that will help people lose weight without dying. Except for some reason it keeps not working out, because side ... [Published Jezebel - Jun 11 2013]
First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Belviq goes on sale June 11

SAN DIEGO — Arena Pharmaceuticals’ highly anticipated weight-loss drug, Belviq, will go on sale on Tuesday, the San Diego company announced today.Arena’s marketing partner, the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, will actually sell the drug, which ... [Published U-T San Diego - Jun 07 2013]
First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

UAL, OREX, PLG, DM, AWI, MNOV Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks

BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL), Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OREX), PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD (AMEX:PLG), DOLAN COMPANY (THE) (NYSE:DM), Advent Wireless Inc (NYSE:AWI), ... [Published Individual.com - May 31 2013]
First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

Orexigen Therapeutics to Present at the Jefferies 2013 Global Healthcare Conference

About Orexigen$ TherapeuticsOrexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity. The Company's lead product candidate is Contrave$, which has completed Phase 3 clinical trials and for which a New Drug Application ... [Published StockHouse USA - May 30 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 3 reports

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. (OREX), And Three Pipeline Obesity Treatments You Should Watch

Obesity is a growing pandemic for many industrialized nations , especially in the U.S., where it now affects almost 36% of adults and 17% of adolescents . As with any sweeping problem, there are many ways to attack obesity. One new approach is through ... [Published InsiderMonkey.com - May 23 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Orexigen Therapeutics Q1 net loss increases

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, has reported that net loss for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $19.37 million, or $0.21 loss per share, compared to a net loss of $10.41 million, or $0.16 loss per share, for the same ... [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
First reported Mar 17 2013 - Updated Mar 17 2013 - 1 reports

These Drug Makers Are Letting Growth Opportunities Slide By

It takes a lot of diligence, a lot of talent, and sometimes even the perfect alignment of the stars for pharmaceutical manufacturers to produce a successful drug. Obstacles can materialize at many points in a drug’s production timeline. Developing, ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 17 2013]
Entities: Drugs, Qsymia, Health Care
First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 1 reports

Orexigen Therapeutics' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. ( OREX ) Q4 2012 Earnings Call March 13, 2013, 05:00 pm ET Executives Heather Turner - VP & General Counsel Mike Narachi - President & CEO Mark Booth - Chief Commercial Officer Preston Klassen - SVP, Global Contrave ... [Published Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seek ... - Mar 14 2013]
First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Arena Pharmaceuticals, May Be The Last Chance To Get In Under $10

By Rx Stocks : Finally, news that the DEA recommended Schedule 4 classification for Arena's ( ARNA ) Belviq on December 28, 2012. This is a classification similar to widely used insomnia drugs Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata, although Belviq likely has ... [Published Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seek ... - Jan 14 2013]
First reported Jan 07 2013 - Updated Jan 07 2013 - 1 reports

Will Vivus’s Weight-Loss Drug Fall Flat?

The poor sales of Vivus ’s ( NASDAQ:VVUS ) anti-obesity pill Qsymia in the last quarter were somewhat surprising. After all, the company introduced its weight-loss drug in late September, ahead of Arena Pharmaceuticals’ ( NASDAQ:ARNA ) Belviq and ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Jan 07 2013]

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"Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately one in three Americans" Dr. Patrice Harris, a member of the associationâs board, said in a statement
...Doctors can now say things like, "Joe, you are overweight. The AMA recently classified obesity as a disease and there are steps we can take to mitigate the problems." Instead of the patient having a stigma about their condition they feel vindicated in that years of weight troubles are now accepted as a medical disease...
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Orexigen Therapeutics to Present at the Jefferi... [Published StockHouse USA - May 30 2013]
Is Novo A Threat To Arena, Vivus, And Orexigen? [Published BioPortfolio - May 30 2013]
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Arena - Good Sales, Bad Sales, Long And Short [Published Seeking Alpha - May 24 2013]
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Will Arena's Belviq Be The Next Anti-Obesity Dr... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 23 2013]
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Orexigen Therapeutics' CEO Presents at 2013 UBS... [Published Seeking Alpha - May 22 2013]
Orexigen Therapeutics Q1 net loss increases [Published Individual.com - May 21 2013]
These Drug Makers Are Letting Growth Opportunit... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 17 2013]
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Arena Pharmaceuticals, May Be The Last Chance T... [Published Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seek ... - Jan 14 2013]
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